Girls Chick Flick Night at Teresa's

We had been talking about having a Chick Flick night over at Teresa's house in her amazing theater room so we finally planned it...We all decided that we needed a girls night out and a good movie and a good cry and a good laugh and a good glass of wine... and we did it all.. Last Thursday night we went over and watched" P.S. I Love You.." awwwww it was so good and he was so good lookin..( did I just type that thought to self..lol) We had the best time but, we really missed Pam, she was out of town for Spring Break.. Hopefully, we will do it again and she will be able to come.. I am so thankful for my sweet friends and I just love them all so much!! We met last AUGUST/SEPT and I feel like I have known all of them for years.. We have so much fun together.. we laugh together, we cry together, we pray together and for one another, it is just truly gifts from God!! I love how we can be so real and not afraid of being judged... I love how we can all laugh at each other and not feel insecure about it..I truly love that I can tell my friends that I am addicted to Little People in a Big World and they can laugh hysterically about it and I can just encourage them to watch it!! I think the next outing will be here for a few episodes of The Roloffs..... Thanks T for a great night and I want you all to know I love you bunches!!!

Happy 1st Birthday Ford

Wow! This year truly flew by!! Our sweet little nephew Ford turned one this past Friday...We were suppose to go to Jackson for his birthday but, we let the brothers (Chuck and Brad) work out the plans and needless to say we did not end up going!:( My boys were attending a church all nighter lock out on Friday so Chuck was afraid that they would be exhausted which they were and be like zombies all weekend.. which they were.. and they also thought that it was going to be a rushed trip with not alot of one on one bonding time.. Little did they know that once Aunt Shannon walked in it would be instant bonding because I sure would not have let anyone else hold him not even his Momma and Daddy:) Maybe they knew that! His Momma sent us all the pics from his b-day and his b-day party and a slideshow and it looked like he a BIG TIME!! I can not even begin to tell you how special this baby is to us.. He is truly a blessing to all of us and we are so Thankful to God for him! I feel like he is mine! I can honestly say there has only been one other baby besides mine that I have loved like this and now add him to my heart! If you know me, you know I am a baby freak and I love babies but this one just throws me over the top! He hung the moon and the stars in my eyes and can do no wrong!:)I can not wait to watch him grow up ( note to self and Jennifer! Lets make the plans from now on, so I can!)I pray everyday for him just like I do for my own that God will just watch over him and put his hedge of protection around him! That God would just continue to bless his life and let him grow in to a Man of God who has the burning desires to know Christ more and more everyday!! I thank God for Brad and Jennifer and I just thank HIM for blessing their lives with this precious soul! We are just proud of them the way they are bringing him up! and I thank them for letting us love Ford like our own!! Ford, Don't ever forget how much we love you and I am so sorry we were not there to celebrate with you but when we see you we will have our own party~~ Happy Happy Birthday!! Love you Love you Love you!!

Opening Day 2009

Today was Opening Day of Baseball 2009 in our little town and it was such a fun fun day~~They really went all out and had all the teams and their coaches dress in their uniforms and all were called out to the field and announced.. They had the Mayor and even Miss Magnolia come to the ceremony! Of course all those little boys from the age of 4 to 15 were all in awe of her:)I tried to get Phillip to take a picture with her but he threatened to kill me if I even suggested it in front of her.. lol) I love embarrassing my boys...They have 65 teams in this league so you can imagine the crowd of parents and Grandparents and Aunts and Uncles, it was the place to be today...I tell you when we moved here the end of June one of my constant prayers was and still is that God would just make us all feel like we are a part of this community and not only that but, that he would just use us in this community to Glorify him! We were so involved in St Louis in the schools and in our church and in the baseball organization so it has been hard to come to a place where no one knows you and you don't know them.. we have really jumped in feet first in all we can and have really met some precious people and have made some wonderful friends.. Today I do not know what more I could ask for... here we are at opening day and here are both my boys laughing and talking to their new friends both of them healthy and in ball uniforms, here is my husband surrounded by people who tell me that they think the world of him and how happy they are that he is board member of the league now and they are all out on this ball field being announced and then they ask for the first pitch to be thrown out and it was a little boy who threw it who will be 4 tomorrow our youngest player and they picked Phillip to catch it for him.. WOW!! How AWESOME is GOD?? I could not have asked for me and my family to feel more part of a community than we were today! So when you pray you better be sure it is something you really want to happen because he will make it happen if it is the true desire of your heart so Thank you Lord for hearing me and answering my desires:) Thank you for making me and my family a part of your day today by reading our blog!! Have a great day!!

 
 
 

Our Basketball Star

Peyton is playing basketball for a league here which is very well known UPWARD.. It is a christian league who teaches scripture and they do devotions every week.. Every player gets a award at the end of the game and it is a colored star like red is best defense, green best offense, white CHRISTlike and so on it is so cool!! It teaches good sportsmanship- which sometimes is not always seen like today. One of the players on the other team was just really a good example of what NOT to be.. It was unfortunate but, also good for the other players to see so they don't act like that~~~But anyway, Peyton has always been a good basketball player but today his true colors really came out... He scored 22 points in the game woo hooo.... He had lay ups, he had jump shots, he had block shots, he had 3 seconds remaining and just threw it and made it... He did so good and needless to say we are so PROUD of him.. We all had so much fun cheering for his team but the people that were watching definitely knew who Peyt's family was:)Baseball season has started as well so he is practicing 4 days a week for that and 1 for basketball and then 1 game a week for basketball.. Baseball season starts in March and Basketball is over the day it starts so we all have bittersweet feelings about that! Peyton has met some great kids and made some awesome friends on his basketball team but hopefully after basketball they will all stay in touch!! You just never know about Peyton you may just see him on the NBA one day.. He amazes us when it comes to sports, it just seems like whatever sport you ask him to do he is just a all around natural.. I wish I could say that for myself!!:) Anyway just needed to brag on our Peyt for a minute and of course we are very proud of our Phillip too~~ Stay tuned for the next brag session on Raising The Ray Boys:) xoxoxo to my boys!!!

Phillip's First Date xoxoxoxoxoxo

 

Ok Can I just tell you how old I feel tonight!! Phillip had his first date tonight and I just feel so old!! Wow! All the memories that came rushing back to my first date.. All week long I have been saying now do this and do that and don't forget to say this and say that and DO NOT DO this and he has just been like ok mom enough! and then Chuck I am sure has had his memories as well and since he is a guy he totally has different do this and do that...Phillip has been so excited since he asked her out and has text and talked everyday and so tonight was the night! He asked me after school if we could go and buy her flowers for the date and for Valentines Day so I said yeah sure, that is a sweet idea.. so off we go and I am going to tell you I was very impressed with him he knew that her dress was pink and brown so he found a bouquet of spring flowers and the name of it was pink and chocolate and he said he wanted that one:) yeah!! that was a proud momma moment! so we took them over and delivered them while she was not home because he wanted her to be surprised..lol love this moment as we are driving away here she comes with her Mom..:) Phillip was like awwww crap:) love it! as Peyt is saying busted busted!gotta love little brothers.So they were going to the Valentines dance at their school so her parents brought her over here so we could take pics and you should have seen his face when he saw her it was priceless.. he was like youuuuuuu loooookkkkk pretttttyyyy:) with a bright red face!(sweet baby) so we took 100000000 pics with my camera and her momma took that and much more, needless to say they both were like ok thats enough!We just couldn't help it, they were both so cute and just looked so cute together!SO they took off to the dance and had a great time and danced and hung out with their friends.. When I picked them up they were both smiling and laughing and told me story after story it was so cool just to see them having so much fun together.. They both were starving so I took them to Chick fil a and then now they are here at our house hanging out playing video games and watching t.v... They have the best time together and are such good friends which is such a blessing.. I can honestly say and Chuck and I talked about this we could not have picked a sweeter, cuter girl for Phillip.. She is one that knows what she wants and knows what is right and wrong and loves her Lord and is not afraid to tell you! She is precious and we just love her!!We are so thankful that God brought her into Phillip's life and into ours too.. Peyton has already said that if Phillip decides he just wants to be friends he wants her to be his girlfriend, he just loves her too!! We hope that she is around our house for a very long time!

Longest Stretch

I think this has to be the longest stretch that I have gone since I started blogging... So sorry, I am still around just seem to be crazy busy lately... I had decided before the New Year that I need to lose weight and get in shape... I am not going to be in my 40's and be fat and out of shape so I enrolled in a Boot Camp at the Gym, it is a 4 week , 5 days, 3hours long strenuous workout... honestly it is like the Biggest Loser.. We have to do things I never ever dreamed... Oh my goodness!! What am I thinking? I guess if I die theood thing is People will say " She was working out" "She was at the gym"lol.... that's good right? We have a few trainers, nutritionist, nurse(lol) that are all in our class. I am in a private class with 6 other people that I just love!!so it is nice that we all have each other to talk to and encourage one another and of course we Thank God for the nurse:)lol!!I love everyone who is in our group even our head trainer "OTIS" he is such a nice guy who wants the best for us and really makes us work for what we came in asking for!! I can tell you now, I confessed that I had a piece of king cake and one doughnut a few weeks ago and I promise you I will never want another one of those in a long long time... He told me it was ok to have those things in moderation but, my goal was to lose some weight and get in shape so we walked and then we jogged and we jogged some more and jogged some more until I thought I was going to throw up and die.. a total of 3 miles...uggggg I am not a runner.. but like I said I will never look at King Cake or a doughnut the same... After I caught my breath I said it wasn't even a jelly doughnut, I thought Otis would die laughing..lol ! So that is what I have been up to. On top of that I am leading a bible study and helping lead another one and then there is my boys.. Baseball has started and we are gone 4 days out of 7 and then we have basketball 2 days out of 7 ... So that is where I have been and I promise to be better at blogging on this blog! I started a new blog for my Bible study it is www.Defrazzle.blogspot.com. Check it out, it is going to be a great blog!! Hope that you have a great weekend!! keep me in your prayers as I have 2 more weeks with my friend Otis!:)